Apr 17 2009
We’ll get a reportback from the weekend’s Summit of the Americas, being attended by leaders from 34 American countries, including President Obama. And, we’ll speak with Indian actress turned director Nandita Das about her new film Firaaq, examining the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat Riots. Plus, an in-depth conversation with Paul Mason, author of Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed. …
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Apr 17 2009
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This week on Uprising:
* Are Hopes for the U.S. Economy Premature?
* Empire Notes on the Roots of the Somali Piracy
* Mexican Gun Traffickers Obtain Weapons From US Gun Stores
* Black Agenda Report on the Antiwar Movement and Obama
* Obama Could …
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Apr 17 2009
This past week, President Obama, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and some economists in the media have expressed optimism about the state of the U.S. economy. Obama claimed to see “glimmers of hope,” while Bernanke cited statistics in home sales and constructions in February as reasons to be optimistic. The Wall Street Journal published a survey last …
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Apr 17 2009
Young and upcoming film maker, Alex Rivera’s first feature length film, Sleep Dealer hits the theaters this weekend. Not your average science-fiction film, Sleep Dealer is set on the border between the US and Mexico at a time when workers sell their virtual cheap labor across borders without actually crossing them, poor people sell their memories …
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Apr 17 2009
President Obama unveiled his plan yesterday to fund high-speed rail systems in 10 regions across the country, using $8 billion of the Economic Recovery funds. The Federal Railroad Administration will disseminate the funds as early as this summer, to projects in Chicago, Florida, the Pacific Northwest, and here in California. Last year, voters in this state passed …
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Apr 17 2009
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on the antiwar movement and Obama.
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Apr 17 2009
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Back in the day on April 17th, 1961, the United States orchestrated the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by counterrevolutionary exiles seeking to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. A dramatic culmination of diplomatic strife between the two countries following the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. under the Kennedy administration preceded …
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Apr 17 2009
“We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.” — Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld …
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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